Fugu (河豚 or 鰒; フグ) is the Japanese word for pufferfish and the dish prepared from it, normally species of genus Takifugu, Lagocephalus, or Sphoeroides, .
Japanese Street Food: Fugu (Pufferfish) Sashimi - most parts of the fish are toxic. Statistically 0 to 6 people die each year in Japan after having eaten the liver, .

The Fugu the poisonous pufferfish is a delicacy in Japan. The poison in Fugu is Tetrodotoxin. It is 1000 times more potent than cyanid and there is no antidote.